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Pup keeps hurting his front leg

my 9 month old lab pup has just started to have a re-occurring injury to his front right leg. It seems he keeps hyper-extending it outwards accidently when playing. The first time he did it he just took a couple hobble steps before laying down and was back up running within 1 min. The next time he yelped when he did it but went back to normal fairly quickly. I've been trying to play with him very gently but he just goes after whatever toy so hard he hurts himself. He just did it again and yelped for about 10 seconds and its starting to freak me out.

i called my vet but they are closed today and Ill call tomrw. I am planning on pretty much eliminating his activities for a few days to let it heal. Any other suggestions to help or how long I should restrict activities?

Mine had a torn biceps. I wasted a lot of time resting him over and over according to the different vets I saw rest and time would heal it. Finally went to a Ortho Specialist who diagnosed it.

i hope it nothing like that.

I think he's strained his shoulder ligaments by abducting his arm to far laterally.

the very first time he did it was on a 10 foot toss of a fun bumper at the end of training. he kinda flopped over on his arm accidently. I have done similar things to myself. Especially on ankle. Then it remained my prone to re-injury for a while.

I wasted a lot of time resting him over and over according to the different vets I saw rest and time would heal it. Finally went to a Ortho Specialist who diagnosed it.

Been there, done that, too.
If it was my pup, I would capture the lameness on video and schedule an appointment with an orthopedic specialist ASAP. While waiting for the appointment, I'd opt for crate rest and leash walks to potty.

Taking my boy to vet this morning. Tried giving him sometime over the weekend to see if would get better. He re-hurt it everyday even with very restricted activity. Yesterday he did not hurt it which was good. He still runs around like a mad man as if nothing is wrong with him. It is very hard to get a 9 month lab to just sit and relax, he would barely relax when i would run him for an hour or two prior to injury.

Hopefully vet will say nothing is seriously wrong. My poor dog just wants to retrieve and play and can't figure out why all of a sudden we won't throw anything for him.

Taking my boy to vet this morning. Tried giving him sometime over the weekend to see if would get better. He re-hurt it everyday even with very restricted activity. Yesterday he did not hurt it which was good. He still runs around like a mad man as if nothing is wrong with him. It is very hard to get a 9 month lab to just sit and relax, he would barely relax when i would run him for an hour or two prior to injury.

Hopefully vet will say nothing is seriously wrong. My poor dog just wants to retrieve and play and can't figure out why all of a sudden we won't throw anything for him.

Hope you took some videos for your vet to observe (as recommended by Dr. Aycock).

Taking my boy to vet this morning. Tried giving him sometime over the weekend to see if would get better. He re-hurt it everyday even with very restricted activity. Yesterday he did not hurt it which was good. He still runs around like a mad man as if nothing is wrong with him. It is very hard to get a 9 month lab to just sit and relax, he would barely relax when i would run him for an hour or two prior to injury.

Hopefully vet will say nothing is seriously wrong. My poor dog just wants to retrieve and play and can't figure out why all of a sudden we won't throw anything for him.

Not to sound cruel, but at 9 months old he should be sitting without any issues. Sounds like with this injury would be a good time to do nothing but obedience work on lead, once you get the injury looked at.
Like I said any kind of strain/sprain is not going to heal in a few days. Shut him completely down until the vet gives you the ok to go back to full activities.